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A couple of things: First, the generic term "RSS feeds" is like saying "website". What do I want in a website? That is pretty general. You need to define up front what type of feed it is: Feed of galleries for gallery style sites, feed with images and words for blogs, or feeds specifically aimed at the surfers to subscribe to.
Once you decide which one(s) you are planning to do, then you can work to define each one properly.
My personal peeve on RSS feeds is feeds that either don't validate, or are missing tags in the headers that make them useless. As an example, there is an update time and date that needs to be in the header of a feed otherwise most aggregation software will ignore the updates.
if you are making feeds for blogs, get a copy of feedwordpress and autoblogger pro and make sure you feeds work day in and day out with these products. Set up your own systems and capture and process your feeds daily. Make sure the stuff works and can be read properly. All the updates in the world don't help if the feed isn't formated properly and is ignored by the software (Right Bumblecash?)
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